One of the mysterious 'little red dots' has been identified as a 'black hole star'
"I think part of the scientific community is converging on a singular picture—that little red dots can be explained by black hole star models."
Published: 2 days ago | By Biplab Das
Cosmic connections: NASA's Fermi spots first-ever evidence of a sibling supernova
Two stars that once lived together in the Jellyfish Nebula may have also died together.
Published: 2 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Scientists trace 'ghost particle' event to distant galaxy trillions of times brighter than Sun
The galaxy, hidden behind thick layers of dust, is about 11 billion light-years away.
Published: 2 days ago | By Biplab Das
Nearby Sun-like star ate one of its planets in the blink of an eye. Here's how astronomers caught it
"You are what you eat, right?"
Published: 3 days ago | By Biplab Das
Four generations of stars discovered in region near the center of the Milky Way
The region, called Terzan 5, was previously thought to contain two generations of stars.
Published: 3 days ago | By Pranjal Nath
Scientists stunned by fireworks in nearby galaxy: 'Something unusual is going on in these objects'
NASA's Chandra telescope caught sources previously identified as supernova remnants displaying dramatic, completely unexpected variations in brightness.
Published: 5 days ago | By Pranjal Nath
Astronomers have caught the first-ever glimpse of star-forming gas in early galaxies
Detecting cold, star-forming gas was difficult, and the findings will help understand galaxy growth.
Published: 5 days ago | By Biplab Das
Oxford physicist says best clue to alien life may already be sitting on the Moon
Alien civilizations may have left traces. We just may not have been looking in the right place.
Published: 5 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Why aliens probably aren't visiting Earth, even if they exist
Interstellar travel has near-insurmountable barriers, and that's why no alien has shown up yet.
Published: 6 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
A supernova remnant may have been found near the Milky Way's central supermassive black hole
Located around 26,000 light-years from Earth, the remnant is one of the closest to Sagittarius A*.
Published: 6 days ago | By Pranjal Nath
What happens to dark matter around black holes? New study supports long-held theory
Dark matter doesn't interact with anything but gravity. So what happens to it in the vicinity of black holes, where gravity bends the very fabric of space-time.
Published: 7 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Astronomers debunk controversial study, confirm universe still expanding at accelerating rate
The team, which included Nobel laureates, debunked claims that cosmic expansion was slowing down.
Published: Jun 12, 2026 | By Biplab Das
JWST spots the edge of cosmic dawn and the universe's first stars may lie just beyond
This offers a glimpse into when the first galaxies emerged from the darkness of the early universe.
Published: Jun 12, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Astronomers have finally solved the mystery of how galaxy-killing winds formed in the early universe
These fierce winds strip away star-forming gas, pushing early galaxies to the brink of death.
Published: Jun 12, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Peering into the cosmic dawn, MIT astronomers find earliest known flickering quasar
The flickering quasar is from the universe's infancy, when it was just 850 million years old.
Published: Jun 11, 2026 | By Biplab Das
A strange 'crystal' in spacetime could be all it takes to form a tiny black hole, study hints
Scientists have described for the first time how spacetime could crystallize into a tiny black hole.
Published: Jun 11, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
James Webb detects most distant dormant black hole ever found at over 10 billion light-years away
The detection may help answer how black holes and galaxies evolve together.
Published: Jun 8, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
A 50-year-old secret of Milky Way's central supermassive black hole is finally out
Astrophysicists at Northwestern University have found evidence of a powerful wind blowing away from the Sagittarius A*.
Published: Jun 7, 2026 | By Biplab Das
What happened to black holes from the Big Bang? Study says they might be alive today as white holes
The study found that the lifetime of black holes is far longer than initially thought.
Published: Jun 5, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Many planets have 'diesel engines' that fill their atmosphere with soot, new study finds
A study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters says that many planets in the universe may be shrouded in soot, thanks to their high pressures and temperatures.
Published: Jun 4, 2026 | By Biplab Das